T05 · Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation
- Location
SKILL.md:21- Finding
Unnecessary Command Execution Capability and Unsafe Privilege-Elevation Guidance
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md:21-24, with supporting guidance atSKILL.md:378andSKILL.md:434
Vulnerability Type: Excessive tool permissions and privilege-elevation guidance
Risk Level: MediumEvidence
yaml tools: - read - exec - writeSupporting troubleshooting guidance:
markdown | 权限不足 | 当前用户无读写权限 | 检查文件权限,以管理员身份运行 |Technical Analysis
The Skill declares unrestricted
execcapability even though its principal functionality is browsing public financial sources, processing data, maintaining local reference files, and sending reports. Those operations can be implemented using dedicated browser, file, scheduling, and messaging interfaces without exposing a general operating-system command channel.The troubleshooting instructions additionally recommend running with administrator privileges when permissions are insufficient. This advice is not limited to a specific executable, resource, directory, or validated command. Consequently, it can cause the entire agent runtime or an agent-controlled command to operate with privileges exceeding those required for macroeconomic monitoring.
Merely declaring
execdoes not automatically execute malicious code, and the reviewed file contains no explicit malicious command. The risk arises from the unnecessary availability of a powerful execution primitive combined with generic elevation guidance. If the agent processes malicious web content, untrusted parameters, or injected instructions, that primitive could expand the effect from report manipulation to local command execution.Attack Path
- A user invokes the Skill to collect information from external websites.
- The agent processes untrusted website content or parameters containing adversarial instructions.
- The adversarial content induces the agent to use the declared
exectool rather than the narrowly scoped browser or file tools. - If a permissi ...[truncated 1059 chars]
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Remove
execfrom the declared tools unless a concrete command-based operation is indispensable. - Replace general command execution with dedicated browser, HTTP, file, scheduler, and messaging APIs.
- If
execmust remain, enforce a deny-by-default allowlist of fixed executable paths and fixed argument structures. - Do not interpolate user input, website content, report text, URLs, file paths, or environment values into shell commands.
- Remove the generic recommendation to run as administrator.
- Document the exact resource requiring access and grant only the minimum file or network permission needed for that resource.
- Run the Skill in a sandboxed, non-administrator account with restricted filesystem and network access.
- Require explicit user confirmation before any command execution or privilege change, and log the complete validated operation.
- Remove
